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New album from singer/songwriter Ladd Biro recalls Neil Diamond, Barry ManilowApril 25, 2011 (Detroit, MI) Written by Robert Sutton. Singer/songwriter Ladd Biro's Climb to the Top has the sound and feel of a greatest-hits album. That is no exaggeration. Nearly every track on the disc has an aura of familiarity to it, but not in the sense of the material being derivative. ...(Published: April 25, 2011) [read more]

New Ear Training Games at Theta Music Trainer Make Music Theory Fun!-----
Theta Music Technologies has unveiled three new innovative games for music lovers, along with a host of new features in the latest version of its acclaimed online ear training system Theta Music Trainer. A new personal feedback feature makes Theta Music Trainer the world's first online ...(Published: April 22, 2011) [read more]

Bassist Alex Blake to be Honored by Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum With Lifetime Achievement AwardApril 21, 2011
NEW YORK, NY - World renowned double bassist Alex Blake will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium on April 28th, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:30pm in a ceremony at the Brooklyn ...(Published: April 21, 2011) [read more]

The Berklee Greg Osby Sextet plays the Jazz Standard Tuesday, April 26The Berklee Greg Osby Sextet plays the Jazz Standard Tuesday, April 26
Radio concert on WBGO 88.3 FM/wbgo.org at 2:00 p.m. EDT
For the first time, a group of Berklee's top student instrumentalists and composers will play two sets at the Jazz Standard in New York City, on Tuesday, April ...(Published: April 21, 2011) [read more]

SONG OF DELIGHT, MAEVE GILCHRIST'S ADVENTURE MUSIC AMERICA DEBUT, TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 17
Boston-Based Singer/Songwriter and Harpist Offers Distinctive Fusion of Folk and Jazz
Even as the boundaries that separate the age-old and emerging cultures of our world seem to meld and coalesce, there are musicians who rely on what has gone before them to craft entirely new styles of music ...(Published: April 20, 2011) [read more]

Vocalist Roseanna Vitro Debuts on Motéma Music with "The Music of Randy Newman" May 17With the release on May 17 of The Music of Randy Newman, her debut CD for Motéma Music, Roseanna Vitro stakes a claim as the first jazz vocalist to explore the richly melodic, sharply observant Randy Newman songbook. Having previously covered the music of American icons Ray Charles and Bill ...(Published: April 20, 2011) [read more]

U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble PerformanceThe U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble will perform at Leesylvania State Park on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 5 p.m. Come out an hear "A National Treasure" live and in person. The Commodores are known for their cutting edge arrangements, jazz soloing, jazz vocal stylings by Chief Musician Yolanda ...(Published: April 20, 2011) [read more]

U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble PerformanceThe U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble perform at the Mary Harris Cultural Arts Center at Northern High School in Owings, Md., on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7 p.m. The Commodores feature world-class big band jazz with cutting edge arrangements and originals as well as a gifted Jazz vocalist, ...(Published: April 20, 2011) [read more]

Guitar Fest 2011: featuring Hristo Vitchev / Rick Vandivier / Neil Kelly - April 28th at Club FOX (Redwood City, CA)Guitar Fest 2011 showcases three of the hottest jazz guitarists in the S.F. Bay Area. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of these completely unique musicians on one stage.
The impressionistic styling of Hristo Vitchev, the bluesy and groovy melodies of Rick Vandivier, and ...(Published: April 19, 2011) [read more]

Sax Man Azar Lawrence Hitting His StrideSince his career in Jazz began circa 1970's; at age nineteen, Sax legend Azar Lawrence's has had a free-thinking approach to music. One of the most powerful and distinctive of all post-Coltrane tenorists, Lawrence was born 1952 in Los Angeles and by the age of 21 had worked with Ike & ...(Published: April 18, 2011) [read more]

Sinan Bakir Trio at the Nuyorican Poets CafeJazz guitarist Sinan Bakir and his trio will be performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan's East Village on Saturday, April 23rd. Since releasing his debut album "On My Way" in 2009 Hartford based guitarist has been receiving rave reviews from AAJ, Jazz Review com, Jazz Chicago net, ...(Published: April 17, 2011) [read more]

Nico Sánchez displays mastery of guitar on new album 'De Visitante'April 15, 2011 (Barcelona, Spain) Written by Robert Sutton. A guitarist since the age of 13, Nico Sánchez seems to have been born clutching the instrument in his hand.
That may explain his no-frills mastery of the guitar, an ice-cool confidence that gives the Nico Sánchez Quartet's latest ...(Published: April 16, 2011) [read more]

Announcing the 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 24-August 6Providing an intimate interaction of jazz and community found nowhere else, the Stanford Jazz Festival is pleased to announce the lineup of its 40th season. Commencing on June 24 with Grammy®-winning, New Orleans-based living legend Allen Toussaint, presenting rare appearances by the great ...(Published: April 15, 2011) [read more]